Kos

Religion in NetHack
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In NetHack, Kos is the chaotic god of the Rogue pantheon.

Origin

Kos is a deity that appears in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories of Fritz Leiber. He is the god of dooms and the all-father of the northern gods, and is portrayed as a red-haired northern barbarian.

Variants

dNetHack

In dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, Kos is a chaotic god of neutral holiness, and his minions consist of ice vortices, fire vortices, Bralani Eladrin, Ghaele Eladrin, and Tulani Eladrin.

Encyclopedia entry

"I am not a coward!" he cried. "I'll dare Thieves' House
and fetch you Krovas' head and toss it with blood a-drip at
Vlana's feet. I swear that, witness me, Kos the god of
dooms, by the brown bones of Nalgron my father and by his
sword Graywand here at my side!"

[ Swords and Deviltry, by Fritz Leiber ]